OSHKOSH, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point swimming and diving team opened its season at UW-Oshkosh on Saturday.  The Pointers won 21 of the 26 events contested. No team scores were kept.
 
Full Results
 
For the women, UWSP's relay team of Signe Alger (Saint Peter, Minn./Saint Peter), Maddie Starr (Neenah, Wis./Neenah), Grace Gallagher (Bloomington, Ill./Normal West) and Haley Dees (Normal, Ill./West) posted a time of 1:59.94 to win the 200-yard medley relay.

Anna Pilecky (DeForest, Wis./DeForest) won the 1000-yard freestyle by nearly 40 seconds with a time of 10:48.96. Pilecky also claimed the top spot in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:20.16, more than 15 seconds faster than second place.

Rose Hanson (Grand Rapids, Minn./Grand Rapids) and Dees tied for first place in the 50-yard freestyle, both touching at 25.98.

Starr also won the 200-yard IM by more than six seconds, clocking in at 2:25.02.  She also won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:14.40.

Sydney Richetto (Wausau, Wis./East) clocked in at 57.40 in the 100-yard freestyle to win the event.

Kaylee Benson (Elk River, Minn./Elk River) lead a quartet of top finishers in the 100-yard backstroke winning with a time of 1:04.63.

Richetto, Dees, Pilecky and Benson finished first in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:53.67.

Abby Hopfensperger (Appleton, Wis./West) won the one-meter diving event with a score of 211.05.  McKenzie Lange (West Bend, Wis./West Bend West) won the three-meter event with a score of 221.10.

On the men's side, Jake Larsen, William Buhler (Racine, Wis./William Horlick), Joe Jensen (Madison, Wis./James Madison Memorial) and Payton Kilian (Coon Rapids, Minn./Spring Lake Park) teamed up to win the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:37.11, just 0.72 seconds ahead of second place.

Kilian won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.83, pacing the Pointers which took the top-5 spots in the event.  He also took first place in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 47.96.

Buhler took first place in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 58.47, over five seconds faster than the runner-up.

Sam Young (Verona, Wis./Middleton) posted a first-place finish in the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:57.11, more than seven seconds faster than the runner-up.

Kody Hellenbrand (Madison, Wis./East) took first place in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:48.51, five seconds faster than teammate Matthew Gorney (Oswego, Ill./Oswego).  Hellenbrand also earned the top spot in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 53.37.

Alec Jeffers (Green Bay, Wis./Bay Port) won the 100-yard backstroke by more than two seconds over teammate Larsen with a victorious time of 53.45.

Brady Carrigan (Rosemont, Minn./Rosemont) and Benjamin Schutt (McFarlane, Wis./McFarlane) were the only two men's divers at the meet.  Carrigan won the one-meter event with a score of 229.00 while Schuet won the three-meter dive with a score of 168.90.
 
The Pointers will host UW-Whitewater in the home opener of Saturday (Feb. 13). A start time has not been established.
 
Below is the top finisher in other events for UWSP.

Men
1000-yard freestyle – Ethan Otto (Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins) (3rd, 10:15.83)
500-yard freestyle – Ethan Otto (Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins) (2nd, 5:06.54)
 
Women
200-yard freestyle – Brooklyn Miller (Portage, Wis./Portage) (2nd, 2:05.74)
100-yard butterfly – Grace Gallagher (Bloomington, Ill./Normal West) (2nd, 1:05.85)
400-yard freestyle relay – Thomas Daniels (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice), Alec Jeffers (Green Bay, Wis./Bay Port), Jake Larsen, Joe Jensen (Madison, Wis./James Madison Memorial) (2nd, 52.54)